#human nature

A writer should express criticism and indignation at the dark side of society and the ugliness of human nature, but we should not use one uniform expression. ↗

— Mo Yan

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Shakespeare reveals human nature brilliantly: he shines a light on our instinctive desire to dominate each other. ↗

— Edward Hall

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In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

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Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected. ↗

— David Hume

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There is a very remarkable inclination in human nature to bestow on external objects the same emotions which it observes in itself, and to find every where those ideas which are most present to it. ↗

— David Hume

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Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education. ↗

— Henry Adams

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People who have expertise just love to share it. That's human nature. ↗

— David Baldacci

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The parental, and filial affections seem to be as ardent, their sensibility and attachment, as active and faithful, as those observed to be in human nature. ↗

— William Bartram

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No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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I'm an advocate of human nature. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

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